(01-10-2018 08:23 AM)MKPitt Wrote:  Why are they called Bonaquitters? Either way, I agree that until the last couple of years, St. Bonaventure had been terrible for a long time so it makes no sense why the Big East would invite them.

The University at Buffalo's move to Division I coincided with the building of a new arena in downtown Buffalo. To celebrate both, a tournament was held at the beginning of the year featuring the four Western New York Division I schools (UB, Canisius, Niagara and Bonaquitter). UB won the first two tournaments. Bonaquitter found it too difficult to maintain their smugness and sense of superiority after losing to a Division I newbie and refused to take part in the tournament, play in the downtown Buffalo arena or play UB for many years afterward.

Then in 2003, Bonaquitter admitted a JuCo transfer who had only a welding certificate (JuCo transfers have to have an Associate's degree). When it was discovered, Bonaquitter was forced to forfeit all of the games the player played in and was banned from the post-season tournament. There was still a couple of games left in the regular season that the other players refused to play in. Some of those games they refused to play were on the road and cost their conference mates ticket and concession sales revenue.

The A10 debated kicking them out of the conference and made a mistake when they didn't. Bonaquitter is, was and always will be out of its element in the A10. Bonaquitter should be in the MAAC. Of course, they'll never admit that because they think they're better than Canisius and Niagara (and UB) but the reality is they're not.